Anna Kendrick Quotes & Sayings

“I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.”

“The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not.”

“You can relax more when you're playing a silly character than when you're playing a really rigid character. But to be fair, I think George Clooney is a bigger teenager than any of the 'Twilight' cast. He's the guy throwing a football at your head and then hiding around the corner, pretending it wasn't him!”

“I'm attracted to things that are in direct opposition to something that I've just done. It's not like I'm trying to make the right chess move. It's more just that personal thing where you get connected to something for so long and then you want to do something that's in opposition to that.”

“I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.”

“An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.”

“My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away from the 'Twilight' series unscathed. Somebody asked me recently what it's like to be a star. I thought that was the strangest question. If you saw my day-to-day life, the word 'star' just doesn't apply.”

“I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.”

“I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone else.”

“The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.”